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There were 11 police pursuits made by Cornwall Community Police Service officers in 2017.

They’re officially known as suspect apprehension pursuits for fail to stop, and six arrests were made, with no collisions and eight of the pursuits terminated by officers.

“I think that’s a pretty good result,” Cornwall Community Police Service Chief Dan Parkinson said Wednesday morning at the CCPS board meeting.

A total of 39 charges were laid, relating to the 11 pursuits.

The total of 11 was down from 16 in 2016, when one of the pursuits resulted in an collision, the data indicates.

The three-year trend, the report said, indicates that although pursuits still occur, CCPS officers and dispatchers have become accustomed to the policy governing pursuits and are “showing due diligence in complying with policy.”

Said Parkinson: “We seem to be exercising care and caution. . . there is nothing in this report that causes me concern.”

Parkinson was asked by board vice-chair Manon Thompson about the use of spike belts to end pursuits.

“We haven’t deployed those in my recent or long-term memory,” Parkinson said, adding that it is a potentially very dangerous way to attempt to end a pursuit.

Also at the board meeting, and in a 2017 Year End Report – Professional Standards, and with a supplementary report prepared by Staff Sgt. Dan Maille, the Office of Independent Police Review received a total of nine conduct complaints against CCPS officers.\

There were no policy complaints or local complaints received during 2017.

Also in 2017, there were seven Chief’s complaints assigned to the professional standards bureau for investigation, one SIU investigation was initiated and is still active, and two civil actions were initiated and are still active.

The board assumes the role of policy direction and administration of policing in the community, its duties including determining general organizational objectives and priorities, establishing policies and overseeing the ethical conduct of the organization.